More than just an average mobile USB hub

I know, it's a mobile USB hub. What's there to be excited about, right? IOGEAR's new 3-Port USB 2.0 Mobile Hub--the GUH276--is only worth mentioning because of its thoughtful design.

The hub only has three ports (hence the product name), but unlike others I've tried, these all face up and are widely spaced so no port has to go unused because of a bulky device. And instead of trying to jam a fourth USB port on top, IOGEAR attached a mini-USB cable to the device. The cable is capable of doing data transfers, say from a digital camera or camcorder to your computer as well as charging stuff like MP3 players, cell phones, or other mobile devices.

When you're done using it, the two cables securely wrap around the outside edge. Not bad for US$12.95.

Via CNET Crave

ASUS All-In-One PC: Touchscreen, preorder, England only

Touchscreens are coming to Eee PC Netbooks next year, but you only need to wait until next month if you require a touchscreen on an ASUS All-In-One PC--and live in England. British retailer Play.com is taking preorders for the Eee All-In-One Touchscreen PC. It's priced at £399.99 with a ship date of November 20. The system features a 15.6-inch display and features specs similar to those found on Eee PC Netbooks, including a 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, a Webcam and Windows XP. It features a single (and not multi) touchscreen display and also ships with a wired keyboard and mouse. It has integrated stereo speakers but appears to take a pass on an optical drive. 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi and Gigabit Ethernet are your networking options.

Considering you can get similar specs, minus the touchscreen and 5 or 6 inches of display space, for hundreds less on the Eee PC 901, it's hard to see this Eee PC all-in-one meet with the same success as its Netbook brethren. More likely, it'll be a touchscreen version of the underwhelming Eee Box desktop. According to ASUS, this is will mainly be available in the UK market and there is no news if Asia will be receiving these units.

Via CNET Crave and Gizmodo

YouTube beams up Star Trek for long-form video

Google's YouTube has begun testing a dramatic departure in content and advertising, adding 15 50-minute TV episodes from Star Trek, Beverly Hills 90210, and MacGyver and with prominent new ads.

"We are starting to test full-length programming on YouTube, beginning with some fan favorites requested by you," Google said on its YouTube blog on Friday.

It's an experiment in video display and advertising, too, with ads for Research in Motion's BlackBerry and Intel's Centrino chip technology showing prominently on the videos I watched. The TV shows are preceded by a 15-second pre-roll ad, and YouTube will show mid-roll and post-roll ads as well, according to the blog posting. "As we test this new format, we also want to ensure that our partners have more options when it comes to advertising on their full-length TV shows," Google said.
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Microsoft to announce Silverlight 2.0

Microsoft has scheduled a conference call on October 13 in the US to announce, among other things, that it has completed version 2.0 of Silverlight, its rival to Adobe's Flash.
The software maker has scheduled a conference call in the US for 9am Pacific Daylight Time with developer division executive Scott Guthrie.

A Microsoft representative declined to comment on the impending announcement, but a source told CNET News that the completion of Silverlight 2.0 is among the topics of discussion. Microsoft released Beta 2 of the software in June, while a "release candidate" version was offered up last month.

The software maker apparently has more to say than just the completion of version 2.0. (I'm all ears, folks).

Otherwise, I'll tune in and let you know the rest of the Silverlight story.

Via CNET News.com

Google Mail Goggles: Simple math can save you from regrets

A night of alcohol binging is usually a recipe for disaster and lifetime of regrets. Besides reducing mere mortals to total wrecks, it makes us send emails which we will miraculously have no recollection of the next morning. Hands up if you were in that situation before. I feel you, but don't fret because you are not the only one. At least you can count Gmail engineer Jon Perlow as your buddy-in-distress. The difference between you and him, however, is Jon actually wrote a new Labs feature which he calls Mail Goggles to prevent all that from happening.

Before you hit the Send button in your email, you'll have to solve a few simple math problems. The feature is active only on weekend late nights by default, but you can adjust the settings to match your nights of alcohol debauchery. All seven days of the week if need be. My advice? Don't drink and write.

Via Gmail Blog

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